Anand Mehta

Experience

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  Wipro Technologies

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2011

  Technical Lead
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  IBM India Private Limited

  Aug 2011 - May 2013

  SME
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  Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd @ PCSL

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2016

  Middleware Centre of Excellence ( COE ) Head
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  DXC Technology ( CSC - HPE )

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2018

  Solution Architect
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  Capgemini

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2024

  Manager # Cloud SME

  Current Year 2023 Activity Updates :1) Role: FinOps – Cost Analyst As in a FinOps - Cost Analyst role, my primary focus was / is on monitoring cloud infrastructure costs and usage along with establishing governance and best practices around cloud consumption. Driving the request in-take and management process for new cloud requests, along with recommending/performing billing and cost optimization, cost savings activities using third-party and custom tools2) Role: FinOps – AWS – MongoDB Assessment SMEPerformed Activities includes:•Conducted / Kicked off meeting to understand expectations, to get introduced with project team, and to get in sync with client's strategic and business objectives.•Validated and Confirmed on Assessment Scope, Objectives and Expectations•Planned / Visited Onsite location and conducted interviews with key stakeholders, including technical teams and business owners to understand cost drivers and business priorities.•Assessed the tools and processes currently in place for AWS cost management and optimization.•Collected historical cost and usage data from AWS Cost Explorer for the last 6 to 12 months including billing and usage reports.•Gathered information on existing infrastructure, applications, and workloads.•Obtained / Validated Read-Only Access to AWS billing and usage reports.•Analyzed the collected data and identified cost optimization opportunities, including underutilized resources, overprovisioned instances, and potential savings from reserved instances.•Reviewed Reserved Instance (RI) utilization and related recommendations.•Ensured / Validated that cost optimization efforts are not compromising security or compliance requirements.•Considered leveraging AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Trusted Advisor, and third-party cost optimization tools like CloudHealth Enterprise to streamline the assessment process and opportunities identification for cost savings.*Prepared and Submitted Final Finops Assessment Report with Artifacts Show less

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  Nasdaq

  Nov 2024 - now

  Senior Specialist FinOps

  FinOps Specialist at Nasdaq.